This is an original Photograph taken 2012. It won an award.
The subject is Mr. Pruitt’s flag. It was raised outside his small, wooden store. In 1925, Mr. Pruitt’s great grandfather opened the store. It stayed open and in the family until May of 2015. It was located on Green street in Beaufort, South Carolina. It served the neighborhood known as the Freedman Commons, where enslaved people built new homes and started businesses after the civil war. It was a prosperous part of the town. Mr. Pruitt was a nice man. He was patriotic man who never failed to Fly the American Flag. One early morning, I saw the sun hit his flag through the draped moss and big trees. It only would light up for a few minutes and only in the spring. That first year, I missed the shot. The following year, I waited, checking each April morning. My camera was ready to run outside with me. And finally, the sun crept through the branches and illuminated Mr. Pruitt’s flag. The wind had tangled it but somehow that was even more poignant. This image won a 2013 Award of Excellence from Communication Art’s Magazine. (For Photographers, that’s like getting an Oscar.) Mr. Pruitt proudly received a framed copy of the shot which hung in his store until it closed.

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